The invention discloses a vehicle high beam turn-on recognition method and equipment. The method comprises the steps that at least one group of images containing the same travel vehicle are acquired;and if the quantity of a target group of images in all the groups of images is consistent with a set quantity, it is determined that a high beam of the travel vehicle in the images is in an on state,wherein in the target group of images, a first lamp communication region and a second lamp communication region on the left are matched, a first lamp communication region and a second lamp communication region on the right are matched, and it is determined that the first lamp communication regions and the corresponding second lamp communication regions are matched under the conditions that shape features of the first lamp communication regions and shape features of the corresponding second lamp communication regions are matched, errors between brightness values of the first lamp communicationregions and brightness values of the corresponding second lamp communication regions are within a preset range, and position arrangement of the first lamp communication regions and the corresponding second lamp communication regions meets a preset arrangement relation.